1 Lakh Votes Missing In Vizag. What's Up?

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1 Lakh votes missing in Vizag. What's up?

 

May 6th, 2014, 08:30 PM IST

According to ground reports, 0.1 million votes (1 Lakh votes) have been missing from the voter list in Vishakhapatnam constituency alone. This came into light when local people respective political parties for voter slips and trying to figure out their booths. One is wondering over this massive deletion of votes and suspecting some dubious practice.

That's not all. Going by sources, a host of non-locals from Kadapa, who have criminal track record, have decended in Vizag city reportedly to do malpractices during elections as YSRCP honorary president Y.S Vijayamma is in fray from the Lok Sabha seat and this is said to be very prestigious seat for the party. Vijayamma is going to slug it out with BJP candidate Dr. Hari Babu who is backed up TDP.

Hero Shivaji and few BJP leaders have taken up the above issues to Returning Officer (R.O). It's still unclear how Election commissioin is going to react on these issues given that there is very less time as Tomorrow is the D-day. We hear that R.O has promised BJP leaders that they're going to take stern action against non-locales and issued a statement that non-locales must vacate from polling places immediately suspecting any wong doings.

Since Vote is the basic part of democracy that is going to seal the fate of people, it is sad to know about this massive level of votes 'missing'. Moreover, our democracy works on the principle of majority of votes but not proportionate of votes which means not considering the opinion of minority people. Let's wait and watch how intelligently people are going to cast their vote and out-throw corrupt politicians.

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Two-month bail extension granted to Srilakshmi

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Suspended IAS officer Y. Srilakshmi was granted two-month extension of her existing interim bail from January 21 to March 20 on medical grounds by the Principal Special Court for CBI Cases here on Saturday.

Her existing interim bail granted by the court on the same grounds from October 8 last year expires on January 20. The sixth-accused in the illegal mining case of Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) is currently admitted to the CMC Hospital at Vellore in Tamil Nadu for treatment and rehabilitation programme to regain the lost sensation in her left lower limb caused by paralysis of muscles.

She pleaded for two-month extension of her interim bail to get the rehabilitation programme completed. The court overlooked the plea of the CBI that the accused should undergo validation of her medical status before a medical board of Central government doctors, while extending the interim bail. The court agreed with defence counsel’s argument that it was for the CBI to verify the authenticity of medical reports

even after being given time, but it had failed to even visit the CMC Hospital. The court directed Ms. Srilakshmi to appear before it on March 21.

Meanwhile, former Director of Mines V.D. Rajagopal, third-accused in the case, was released from Chanchalguda prison here on Saturday after he was granted bail by the court on Friday.

The court overlooked the plea of the CBI that the accused should undergo validation of medical status before a medical board

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Ramalinga Raju: From Andhra's pride to disgrace

 

 

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By Mohammed Shafeeq, IANS,

Hyderabad : Satyam was the brand image of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad was identified with this company, and its founder-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju was a hero to youngsters. But overnight, arguably the biggest fraud in India's corporate history has reduced the chairman and his company to a big zero.

The man who spent three decades in IT services and built Satyam into India's fourth largest IT services firm, was described as a visionary, a global business leader and a thinker. Now, the angry shareholders want him to be put behind bars.

Ramalinga Raju resigned as the company chairman Wednesday after confessing to a Rs.40 billion ($823 million) fraud that was going on for years.

Even when crisis hit Satyam following the management's aborted bid to acquire Maytas Infra and Maytas Properties, the two infrastructure companies owned by the promoters' family, Ramalinga Raju's wellwishers launched a website to repose faith in his leadership.

Having made a humble beginning to rise to the dizzy heights of success and become one of the richest Indians, Ramalinga Raju was described as the pride of Andhra Pradesh and the pride of Telugus.

He was born to a farmer B. Satyanarayana Raju in Garagaparru village in West Godavari district of coastal Andhra Pradesh Sep 16, 1954. Satyanarayana Raju moved to Hyderabad in the 1960s.

Ramalinga Raju did his B.Com from Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada and went to the US in 1975 for MBA degree from Ohio University. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School.

He first ventured into construction and textiles business before moving over to IT.

He founded Satyam in 1987 and was so influenced by his father that he named the company after him. It was a humble beginning for Satyam with only 20 employees. Satyam Computer Services Ltd was incorporated in 1989 and it went public in 1992.

Satyam later became one of the earliest companies to get a dedicated data link for offshore development.

Through his managerial skills and quality leadership, Ramalinga Raju built Satyam into a multinational company and bagged several key contracts, especially from the US.

Satyam began trading on New York Stock Exchange in 2001. With each passing year, Satyam strengthened its position and extended its operations to various locations.

Ramalinga Raju's foray into corporate data and internet services too was path breaking. He founded Satyam Infoway or Sify and listed it on Nasdaq with great success. The business process outsourcing (BPO) wing of Satyam also made a remarkable beginning.

The company, whose revenues crossed $2 billion in 2007-08, became the first Indian company to list its American Depository Shares (ADS) on Euronext, which is one single cross-border trading platform of NYSE Euronext Group.

A soft-spoken Ramalinga Raju received several awards during his career, including Ernst & Young entrepreneur of the years 1999 and 2007, Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences medal 1999, Dataquest IT man of the year 2000, CNBC Asian Business leader - corporate citizen of the year award 2002, Hyderabad Management Association life time achievement award 2006, and honorary doctorate by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University 2006.

He was elected to several organisations, including the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), the apex forum of the Indian IT industry.

Ramalinga Raju, married to Nandini, has two sons and a daughter. His sons Teja B. Raju and Rama B. Raju are running Maytas Infrastructure and Maytas Properties.

The man who was once described as pride of Telugus, is today the target of their wrath.

"Ramalinga Raju was a hero till the last quarter of 2008 but today he is a zero. I was one of his biggest fans but today I am very upset," said Harish Chandra Prasad, vice-chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Andhra Pradesh.

 

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Brahmani Steels a fake firm: CBI

Hyderabad, Sep 20, DHNS:

The CBI investigations have unravelled the mystery behind the numerous benami companies in India and abroad floated by Janardhana Reddy as conduits to fund Brahmani Steels with a whopping project cost of Rs 20,000 crore.

Seeking his custody for nine more days, the CBI said Reddy’s associates had sold iron ore for a pittance to their overseas benami companies which resold it for higher stakes and the extra  revenue was routed back as investment in Brahmani Steels.

“We need to know how much ore was mined and sold to whom? Who are the officials who supported them in giving transport permits, etc?,” the CBI counsel and deputy legal adviser B Ravindranath and public prosecutor T V Ramana said.

Describing the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) scam as the biggest scandal in the abuse of natural resources, the CBI counsels told the court that several senior Andhra Pradesh officials had supported the illegal activities of the mining baron in transportation, false accounting and mining.

 

It appears that former additional director general of the mining department, R Linga Reddy, and four other officials had openly colluded with the lease of the Antargangamma Konda mines.

“Officials gave permits for the mines and the ore was excavated elsewhere and shown as that extracted from this mine,” the counsels said.

As many as eight of his supporters who had colluded with him in the illegal activities had vanished into thin air now. CBI now plans to question Reddy’s wife Lakshmi Aruna about her lockers and involvement with benami companies.

Meanwhile, the CBI says it has proof that the entire Brahmani Steels was a fictitious steel plant aided by former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR). “The plant never took shape, but both Reddy and YSR had colluded in granting the mines, land for factory and airport, which were mortgaged with banks to raise funds for mining activity and permission was granted to export iron ore violating all forest regulations.
Reddy was allotted 10,760 acres of government land by the YSR government in 2007 for setting up a Rs 20,000-crore captive steel plant. Named Brahmani Steels, the plant at Jammalamadugu in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district was inaugurated with much fanfare with YSR arriving in a chopper.

Also in attendance were the chief minister's son Jaganmohan Reddy and several of his cabinet colleagues. The largesse by the YSR government did not end there. It gave another 4,000 acres of land to Reddy for developing an airport with the promise of generating 10,000 direct jobs and one lakh indirect jobs via the two projects.
"We will also make a big airport here. Like Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore, aircraft will land right here,” Reddy had proclaimed that day.

Four years on, there's no sign yet of the steel plant. Reddy, however, managed to raise Rs 350 crore by using the land that he had procured for just Rs 18 crore from the YSR government.

He also reportedly exported 54 lakh tonnes of iron ore that was meant to be used by the steel plant.

The State government has now distanced itself from the matter, terming it a decision by YSR. “The decision on allotment of iron ore, that is captive mining, to OMC, Anantapur Mining Company and four other companies was taken by YSR, not the Cabinet. For the concessions to Brahmani Industries, the Cabinet is collectively responsible,” state minister D L Ravindra Reddy has said.

The Opposition, meanwhile, attacked the government for helping the mining magnate manipulate the process. “While finalising the contract, they eliminated competition in the name of Brahmani captive unit. Later, they issued a government order to sell iron ore anywhere as they like,” former chief minister and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu said.

Jagan, who broke away from the Congress last year to form his own party after YSR's death, is already under the scanner for his links with the Reddys - more precisely for getting a stake in Brahmani Steels in return for his father’s favours.

The phantom steel plant
 Former minister and mining baron Janardhana Reddy had also tried to start a mega steel plant in his home district Bellary. The Brahmani Steel integrated steel plant in Sandur and Hospet in Bellary literally stole the thunder at Global Investors Meet held in Bangalore during June 2010, as it was the highest investment proposal for a single project.

The proposed mega steel plant with a capacity of six million tonnes per annum, at a cost of Rs 36,000 crore, bigger than those by established firms like ArcelorMittal and Posco of Korea. Lakshmi Aruna, Managing Director of the company, had signed the memorandum of understanding on behalf of the company.

Reddy had then claimed that work on the Bellary plant would begin in three months.
Interestingly, the State government had not disclosed Reddy’s investment plans despite the State High Level Clearance Committee clearing the project in May that year. However, the steel plant failed to take off.

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